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filmtank develops and produces documentary films and TV documentaries, conceives theme evenings, documentary series and convergent formats.

In 2010 filmtank received a nomination for The Woman with the 5 Elephants for the German Film Award (Best Documentary Film 2010).
In 2009 filmtank was nominated twice for the Adolf-Grimme-Award. The TV-version of The Mosquito-Problem and Other Stories and Andreas Pichler´s The Way of a Warrior received nominations. The film Call me Babylon by Andreas Pichler was awarded with the Adolf-Grimme-Award in 2004 and Raffaele Brunetti´s film Second Hand received the Italian Globo d´Oro for Best Documentary Film in 2005.
Numerous films are shown at international festivals, such as the latest co-production The Mosquito-Problem and Other Stories by Andrey Paounov, which was a big success in Cannes 2007.
Emphasis in terms of subject-matter is placed on current social developments, cultural phenomena and history, whereby historical subjects are regarded primarily with a view to their relevance to the present day.
The company was founded in February, 2001, as a joint venture between Wüste Film (amongst others: Head-On by Fatih Akin) and Thomas Tielsch. To strengthen the presence in Baden-Württemberg, filmtank stuttgart was founded three years later.
In 2007 filmtank berlin was established as a fusion with former Programmreform GbR of Saskia Kress and Michael Grotenhoff.
Managing Directors of filmtank GmbH are Saskia Kress and Thomas Tielsch.